My daughter is 8 and going into 3rd grade this year. Below are the 3rd grade homeschool curriculum choices we have made for Ladybug! Changes may come, but this is the plan for now!
Curious to see what she did in the past?
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3rd Grade Subjects
We will not be doing all of these every day. Follow along with us and I will share throughout the year so you can see how it all fits in!
- Math ~ Teaching Textbooks 4, Spielgaben
- Reading ~ Reading Comprehension 3rd Grade & Book List
- Spelling ~ All About Spelling Level 3
- Grammar ~ Grammar Galaxy and Growing with Grammar 3
- Vocabulary ~ Spectrum 3rd
- Writing & Bible ~ IEW Bible Heroes
- Geography ~ USA Focus – details to come
- Science ~ Apologia Astronomy & weekly enrichment class
- Art Home Art Studio & weekly enrichment class
- History The Mystery of History & weekly enrichment class
More Thoughts
Math ~ She will be using Teaching Textbooks 4 this year. We had a great experience with TT 3 so this was an obvious choice. We will continue to use Spielgaben to reinforce certain math concepts in a hands-on way. I hope to bring Life of Fred back in since we both love it.
Reading ~ See our 3rd grade reading list here. She will also be using this Reading Comprehension Workbook.
Spelling ~ All About Spelling Level 3 ~ we used level 1 & 2 and it works well for her so we will be moving on to level 3!
Grammar ~ We will be using Growing with Grammar Level 3 and Grammar Galaxy. we loved the read-aloud portion of First Language Lessons 1 & 2 and Grammar Galaxy has this aspect that I love. GWG is my favorite workbook-style grammar book.
Science ~ My husband teaches our kids science and he chose Apologia Astronomy for Ladybug and Krash. They are all thrilled and I am just thrilled that he teaches science! Ladybug will also be taking a science class at her weekly homeschool enrichment through our homeschool group.
Writing ~ I chose to switch all of my kids to IEW after having a good experience with my oldest last year. Ladybug will begin with IEW Bible Heroes.
Vocabulary ~ She will use a Spectrum workbook for the first time. I liked using this with Krash so I got her the 3rd grade book.
Art ~ She LOVES art! At home we will use Home Art Studio and I signed her up for an enrichment art class with our local homeschool group that she will attend once a week. She also might take an evening art class. This is definitely her thing so we want to nurture her in this area since it is totally NOT my thing.
Geography ~ She will be using a combination of resources with a focus on United States geography. I will share more details in another post!
History ~ Ladybug will join Krash for world history. We are using the same plan as last year…just continuing on!
The Visual Version
Stick around and see our homeschool year unfold!
